Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1931, Page 17

Washi COLLADAY CHOSEN CHEST DRIVE HEAD AGAIN THIS YEAR Chairman of Successful 1930 Campaign Virtually Drafted for Service. UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES INFLUENCE ACCEPTANCE Conditions of Unemployment Led g Q&Demand for Experienced Head to Raise Fund. Workers May Give Jobless Funds to Own Communities In an effort to clear up any misunderstanding regarding the disposition of funds contributed to the $1,000000 unemployment @clief campaign here by Govern- ment employes residing in nearby Virginia and Maryland, The Star was asked today to bring to at- tention again the fact that any givers in this class may specify that their subscriptions are to go to the agencies in their own communities, and that such di- version will be made. ‘This is covered in the following section of the plan adopted for raising $1,000,000 among Federal workers toward the Community Chest budget of $2,601,000: “That employes who reside in Alexandria or other communities adjacent to the District of Co- lumbia to. whose public relief agencies they contribute be re- quested to make their subscrip- tions in response to the present appeal. Any such employe may indicate the portion he desires paid to his local Community Chest and same will be trans- mitted by the divisional ehair- man.” Edward P. Colladay, chairman of last year's Community Chest Campaign Committee, today to head the Chest’s forthcoming drive for funds. His acceptance of the post of chair- man of the 1932 Campaign Committee came after receipt of a letter, virtually drafting him, signed by John Poole, president of the Community Chest; Robert V. Fleming, treasurer of the Chest; Charles C. Glover, jr., member of the President’ lon for Relief of the Un and E" Graham, chairman.ef* the District of Columbia Committee. on Employment. Yielded to Demand. Mr. Colladay previously sald he did not :l.lh L) direct thzl;xfilt cam- paign an year, 'w chatrlipaiipof “Dhe. | Cempaign Comnmittee, it was done with the under- standing that he would not be asked to serve again. 3 He gave the unusual ynemployment :nd putting mfim Al ‘;'mmav for tions and again m helm of the Chest drive. Mr. Colladay was urged to accept the chairmanship. again because of his success lect year when the Chest raised the largest amount in its history and made a record notable in the United States. Wanted Experienced Man. The Executive Committee of the Chest felt that with present conditions of unemployment and fits aftermath it would be necessary to have an ex- perienced hand directing the drive in | order to raise this year's quota of ap- proximately $2,601,000. Mr. Colladay has been interested for years in social work and has had wide experience in organization work, especially during the war. While the Government departments, under direction of a special committee of Government officials, are undertaking tc raise at least $1,000,000, it is felt that every effort must be put forth to raise the balance of the fund, so that the work of the. Chest, which now in- cludes the District of Columbia Com- | mittee on Employment, may be carried out adequately. UNIT REACHES .GOAL. Railroad Administration Reports 100 Per Cent Donation. ‘With & 100 per cent subscription, the Railroad Administration today was the first Government establishment to re- | port in the movement to raise $1,000,- 000 for the Community Chest, as an un- employment aid. There are 12 employes in the ad- | ministration and each pledged three | days' pay to the commitiee headed by President Thomas E. Campbell of the Civil Service Commission, in response to the call which went out Tuesday. The Civil Service Commission itself expects & 100 per cent response, it was sald this morning after the project had been outlined at the weekly gath- ering of its personnel in the Interior Auditorium. ‘The movement was explained by Miss Jessie Dell, a member of the commis- sion, who has been named chairman for that establishment. RELIEF FUND HEARING PLANNED. ngton News SUNDAY MORNING EDITION he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 193L Amundsen Photo Held Fake | I i i i Evelyn B. Baldwin, who explored the Baldwin camp, pointing cut that quarters. One ds to descend throug) the smell of cooking food. Mr. Baldwi out of the exit, shown by the black squa: ly, purporting to show the HOTOGRAPHS published recent- i wreck of Capt. Roald Amund- | explorer, now on duty in the Department, in an address delivered last night before the Sons of the Amer- ican Revolution at the Mayflower Hotel. The snow shown is apparently that of Franz Josef Land, but the plane is resting somewhere else and the result was accomplished through double ex- posure, the explorer maintained. The Navy win took exception, he said, was al- legedly taken from the Graf Zeppelin. Decapitated by Bears. Capt. Baldwin, who illustrated his lecture with slides of the Northland, entitled his address “How Franklin, Andree and Amundsen Died.” The | Swedish explorer, Colomon Andree, and other members of his balloon expedi- tion, with Nils Strindberg, perished in October, 1897, on White Island, off the | northeast coast of Franz Josef Land, as a result of being decapitated by bears, Capt. Baldwin asserted. Relating an experience of his own in March, 1899, on Hall Island, at Cape Tegetthof, just east of where Andree and his compenions met death, Capt. Baldwin, who was second in command and meteorologist of the Wellman ex- pedition, said that bears, attracted by the smell of food to their hut, climbed on top of it. He grabbed his rifie, ran out an exit and shot two of the bears. Believed Killed by Bears. In an analysis of the last hours of Andree, Capt. Baldwin, recalling that the remains of the expedition had been .| discovered in August, 1930, said: “That death had come to them suddenly is apparent for several reasons. That | they did not suffer the pangs of star- vation is shown from the large quantity | EXPLORER GIVES VIEWS IN LECTURE. in the Northland more than & quarter | of & century ago, last night declared the scientist Andree and his companions met death through decapitation by bears. He showed the above photograph of the mound at the top represents the , bears climbed on the roof of their dwelling and were about the hole in the top on to the occupants, being attracted by n said that he grasped a gun and ran re opening, and shot the bears dead, be- fore they could harm himself or his fellows. of food that was found at the camp and from the particular fact that close to the body of Frankel, at the center sen’s atrplane on Franz Josef | of the floor space of the tent, was a Land, were branded as fakes by | plate of cooked meat, of which he was Evelyn Briggs Baldwin, veteran Arctic | perhaps partaking when a violent death overtook him. 2 “Examination of his remains revealed that the upper part of his decapitated body rested in a Gcpression and that his garments had been badly torn. From these facts I am of the opinion that he had been suddenly stricken down by the heavy weight of a full-grown bear. Also it seems clear that the uncovered neck of the unfortunate victim had been instantly severed and that Andree, standing nearby at one side of the tent, had seized his gun in an attempt to shoot the bear when he, too, was set upon by the same or another bear and met a like fate.” Plane Overburdened. Roald Amundsen took off in a plane on June 18, 1928, in a light Latham sea- plane to rencer aid to the Nobile diri- gible expedition, which had met disaster off the northeast coast of Spitzbergen, | Capt. Baldwin aavised the Sons of the American Revoiution. The plane was overburdened, he said. and “it is believed that the crash oc- curred south of Bear Island, the sud- den cessation of radio messages and the finding of the pontoon near the coast of Norway indicating this, and that all was not well on board d that the plane had fallen while at- tempting to return to Norwnlyf’ 1If the exact spot could be located and araper electrical apparatus rigged up, ‘apt. Baldwin believes that a search by & properly ipped submarine for Amuni ht be feasible, He has been in touch with Norwegian au- thorities to ascertain further details of the fate of his old friend Amund- sen and was informed by the navy de- partment at Oslo, Norway, through Thomas H, Bevan, U. S. consul general, that further search for the body with Xequ.‘prncnts naw existing wquld be use- ess. REPORTIS SOUGHT ON SCHOOL DELAY D. C. Commissioners Will Get Inquiry on Deal for Site | From Education Board. | The Board of Education will con- | tinue its struggle to secure the pur- | chase of a senior high school site in the Fort Reno section of Chevy Chase when, in accordance with its decision at yesterday's meeting, it dispatches a letter to the Commissioners requesting a statement on the status of the pend- ing deal. ‘The school authorities became exer- cised over the delay when it was re- ported that the Commissioners had no intention of buying any site in that lo- cation until Congress convened, despite the fact that the $180,000 for the pur- chase of the land has been available since last February. Congress, recog- nizing the need for accelerating the purchase of school sites and the con- struction of buildings, made money for these items “immediately available” in the 1932 ngmpflnflon act so that the District authoritics would not have to walt until the beginning of the 1932 fiscal year on July 1, last. Opposes Fessenden Site. At least one other effort has been | made by the school authorities to con~ | vince the District Building officials that ‘\ they should take immediate action. The School . Board’s Committee on Buildings, Grounds and Equipment made a personal appeal to the Com- missioners on October 10 for the pur- chase of the'site. On that same day, The Star learned that the reason the site had not been bought was because Senator Gerald P. Nye ‘“and another member or members of Congress” had gotten Maj. John G. Gotwals, U. 8. A., Engineer missioner, to “agree” to purchase a site at Thirty-seventh and Fessenden streets. Nothing had been done up to that time because Maj. Gotwals had gone on sick leave and the execution of his end of the “agreement” was left hanging in the air. The Thirty-seventh and o 'y 0 ol Considering Shares of U. S. Workers' {1 1he it L8 @ has been opposed Donations to Nearby Areas. By » Staft Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., November Maryland and Montgomery County will be represented at a hearing to be held tomorrow morning at the State, War and Navy Building in Washington by the Executive Committee of President Foover's Departmental Relief Comunit- tee, headed by Gov. Thomas Campbell, on the subject of what benefit the areas near Washington are to receive from the fund. This meeting follows the pass- age of a resolution Monday night by the Inter-Federation Conference asking that funds contributed by those living out of Washington automatically go back to their respective localities. Senator Millard E. Tydings and Rep- resentative David L. Lewis will repre- sent the State of Maryland, while Lacy Shaw, president of the Board of County Commissioners; Dr. W. J. Bird, director of the Social Service League, and Fred- eric P. Lee, president of the Mont- gomery County Civic Federation, will represent Montgomery County. Other counties and cities in nearby Mafyland and Virginia will also be represented. Yesterday afternoon, at a conference 19— | by the school authorities as tco small for a senior high school plant. | are seeking its purchase, however, for | an_elementary school site. : 1t is definitely known that Maj. H. L.| Robb, Assistant Engineer Commissioner, has made a definite recommendation to the Commissioners for the purchase of a site farther south than the Thirty- seventh and Fessenden streets tract. Despite the fact that the land recom- mended by Maj. Robb is appioved both by the schoal authorities and by Charles W. Eliot, 2d, director of planning in the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the Commissioners have not yet made any purchase. Written Statement Asked. Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, vice presi- dent of the board, brought the purchase subject into yesterday'’s board session when she proposed that the board ask the Commissioners for a written state- ment status of the whole deal and defi- nitely whether they are deliberately awaiting the new Congress before they act. The board is anxious that the site be purchased so that it can petition Congress this session for money with Teld here, it was decided that the Social Service League of the county was the properly qualified agency to handle any funds which may be turned over to Montgomery County from the Govern- ment employes’ contributions. were Lacy Shaw, president of ' the county commissioners: a rtpreunutl\ée Commissioners in en effort of the county dewprfi l‘l‘m&v!l\'ed Armstrong, George W. Davis ai - eric P. Lee, representing the Clvic Fed- Present | time, and the which to begin construction on a new scheol. The sixth white senior Mih school will be desperately needed even fore it can be completed, even if con= struction were pushed throush ih record: school aut ities are making this new direct aj 1 to the ward off the highly unsatisfactory congestion which rapidly is being bullt up as a result of the need for new senior high eration, and executives of the Social'school accommodations. &arvice League. Western High School n;y take over They | fi DRAMA GUILD HER T0 FHT FOR NAM Trustees Rasolve to Defy New York Organization in Producing Play. Despite the refusal of the Theater Guild of New York to release plays under its control to the Drama Guild of Washington until the local group eliminates the world “Guild” from its name, the board of trustees of the Washington organization is determined both to hold on to the present name and’to produce “The Devil's Disciple,” for which the New York Guild is author’s agent, ‘The board held that the name has “a value that cannot be sacrificed,” while pledging itself to bring about the production of “The Devil's Disciple.” since the play is appropriate as the local Guild's contribution to the George Washington Bicentennial Celebration. Both the locale and period of the play, written by Bernard Shaw, are suitable to_the Bicentennial celebra- tion. The Theater Guild of New York, it was said, has offered to release the play in exchange for an agreement by the Washington organization to chrnge its name. The first play of the local guild’s season, “The Trial of Mary Dugan,” will be presented tomorrow and Satur- day nights at the Wardman Park Theater, and soon thereafter a decision will be announced with regard to the production of “The Devil'’s Disciple.” Dennis Connel, Drama Guild player, addressed the Washington Board of Trade at a meeting in the Willard Hotel last night on the aims and future pres- entations of the local dramatic group. ~ its long-awaited athletic fleld this week as a result of the board’s granting of permission_to the school to use the project. ~Completion of the field was delayed from September 15, when some chenges were mady, in its design, and its 1 completion gives that school its first adequate playing field. Water Asked for School. The board also agreed yesterday to request the >Commissioners to install suitable water service at the Chain Bridge School. At present the school is entirely without water connections and the teachers and puplils have to get their supply from a nearby old-fash- ioned pump and well. *The janitress has to carry buckets of water from this antique contraption even for the hot- water heating system. ‘The board further agreed to recnest the Commissioners to “give o a- tion to the installation of accoustical plaster or some other sound-proofing material in different schools.” At present the assembly halls and the assembly hell-gymnasiums are ex- tremely noisy from the reverberation of sounds within them. Some class roonts, too, suffer from the same deficiency. In its request to the Commimsoners the board is suggesting that the engineers consider the advisability of ,adopting the ‘market for inclusion in the regular construction specifications for District schools. Rabbi Abram Simon, president of the board, yesterday announced the assign- ment of George Whitwell, new board member, as chairman of the Finance Committee. This tion was held by Dr. Simon himself before his election ls"gluldent of the board. O‘th,;“‘:'on‘fi mittee assignments given Mr. e included ...emmm;‘ on the rules and personnel groups. “the best” sound-proofing prbuuct on | F DENIES LAXITY IN. RILEY GIRL'S CASE Statement Declares Ifvesti- gation Six Years Ago Failed” to Give Sufficient Evidence. .| HOUSE MEMBER PLANS INQUIRY BY COMMITTEE Co-ordination of Women's Bureak and Charity Agency May Follow Investigation. e —— . The Board .of Public Welfare today made public a statement clearing its social workers of charges of mishand- ling an inquiry six years ago into the home life of 12-year-old Edith Riley, rescued two weeks ago by a policewonran from ow: in her home, ’1110 Rhode Island” avenue after an alleged four-year !mprisonment. ‘The statement was drafted at a meet- ing of the board late® yesterday afté® noon and followed an announcement by Representafive Bowman of West Virginia, member of the House Dis- trict Committee, that he would request an investigation of the board. Statement ¥s Issued. The board's statement, made public this morning by Director George S. Wilson, follows: “At the regular meeting of the Board of Public Welfare, held this afternoon, the Standing Committee on Child Wel- fare in its regular monthly report, re- ferred to the complaints of alleged c‘l_’lucl treatment of the Edith Riley child. “The history of the case dates back to 1925, prior to the organization of the Board of Public Welfare. The com- mittee reported that the record showed that at no time did there appear to be sufficient evidence, in the opinion of the investigators, to warrant Lring- ing the case before the court. Investi- gation of the complaints was conducted by a rcpresentative of the Woman's BOARD OF WELFARE | “|who has BY THOMAS R. HENRY. HE Corbin Hollow youngsters are seeing the world. Seven wide- eyed youngsters from the deep, dark pocket in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, which is widely kriown as one of the most primi- tive communities in the United States, arrived in ‘Wi last night for their &rst glimpse of such common- lace things as bath tums, hot-water aucets, trains, automobiles, street cars, brick houses and & hundred other things. Even after they had been bathed, dressed up and given haircuts, these mountain children, speaking the tongue of Elizabethan England and almost as for removed all their little lives from modern _ civilization, ~were quaint anachronisms in the busy city. Expe- riences are piling upon them so thick and “fast that they are bewildered— from 14-year-old Bennie Dodson, who lives near the entrance to the “hollow” to golden-haired little Bessie Corbin, 6 years old, who comes from “way down yander” in the depths of the ket and whose log-cabin home hardly can be reached on horseback. % In Good Keeping. They were accompanied to Washing- ton by Miss Miriam Sizer, former school teacher in the *“nollow,” who now is a welfare worker there, and by Mrs. Ada Dodson, mother of three of the young- sters. The mountain woman herself is almost as astounded by the sights of the city as are her children. They have come to have their tchsils removed at &ibley Hospital tomorrow morning. Here's how it happens. Miss Sizer is | working out a welfare program in the ! community. She is trying to put an end to the, enervating ‘“charity” with which the ‘mountain folks have been overwhelmed in the past few years and to, make them work for everything they get. Some Winter clothes were given her for distribution. The children ha: to earn them. One way to “earn’ clothes was to come to Washington for mountain people for-many years. So the children are here as part the job. They are exchanging their tonsils for stockings and overcoats. But they are getting a lot thrown in for a bargain. ‘Walk Seven Miles. Early yesterday Miss Sizer collected them at the little mountain school house and they walked the seven miles up the steep, rocky trail to Skyland, the mountain Summer resort. Then they were taken in carriages to the foot of the mountain, where automo- biles waited to take them to the sub- terminal at Luray. As soon as they reached the foot of the mountain they Bureau of the Police Department and the Child Welfare Division of this board acting in co-operation. Bowman Plans Probe. “The committee reported that in- asmuch as the child, Edith, now a tem- porary ward of the ooard, under com- mitment from the Juvenile Court is receiving the best available care and treatment and the charges of ciuelty are pending for "wsaring before the Supreme Court of the District there seemed to be no occasicn for further action of this board at the present| time.” Mr. Bowman sald today he was go- ing to air the whole affair before the District Committee. “I am going to find out through in- vestigation wherein the fault lies that permitted this child to remain so long with a family that allegedly has in- flicted cruel treatment upon her,” said Mr. Bowman. “I don't care, however, to make any announcement at this time about whether I shall offer legis- lation co-ordinating the Board of Pub- lic Welfare with the Woman’s Bureau. That will depend upon the outcome of the inquiry.” Wilson Statement Reiterated. ‘The board’s statement was a reiter- ation of previous assertions by Direc- tor Wilson that the board was power- less to act in the Riley case. He said again today that when the board’s social worker, accompanied by a police- woman, called at the Riley home in 1925 and 1926, there was not then suf- ficient evidence to convince a judge that the child should be taken from home. Representative Bowman believes, however, that the board was not “ag- gressive enough” in following up the complaints. Meanwhile, Edith’s father and step- mother, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Newman Riley, who yesterday pleaded not gullty to an indictment charging them with “feloniously torturing” the child, are conferring with their lawyer, Emerson, jr., over their defense. Both have denied the girl was kept a prison- er, but declared she was mentally deficlent and unable to take care of herself. Edith, under treatment and observa- tion at Gallinger Hospital, is improv. aily. She has gained more than six pounds, according to nurses. and is steadily evincing more interest in her surroundings. A detailed report on_her condition and the probability of her becoming normal is being drawn up by psychiatrists and psychologists | on the hospital staff and specialists called in for consultation from the outside. TRUCK DRIVE.R SOUGHT IN HAMMER ATTACK John F. Parker at Emergency Hos- pital as Result of Loading Dis- pute at Ninth and Avenue. ~ After a search of a day police have been unable to locate an alleged as- sallant or a three-ton truck in which he made his escape. The man sought is Arthur Manley, 45 years old, of Richmond, Va., a truck driver of the Allen Transfer Co., wanted in connection with assaulting a co- worker, John F. Parker, 44, of 514 £ street, with a, hammer late yesterday. Parker was taken to Emergerfy Hos- pital, where an X-ray examination was to be made today to determine if he has a fractured skull. According to police, Manley hit Parker with a hammer while the latter was waiting for his truck to be loaded at the site of the excavation for the new Department of Justice Building, at | Pennsylvania avenue and inth_street. Parker collapsed and Manley jumped into another three-ton truck and made his escape. COUPLE WINS PRIZE IN DANCING CONTEST Robert J. Marks of 6507 Seventh street, and Miss Billie Lewis were pro- claimed champion foxtrotters in the n(:;a",y dancing contest last night at the | torium. Mr. Marks and Miss Lewis de- feated seven other couples with a slow graceful form of fox trot to win $5 each, offered for the best dancing couple. ‘Tonight the contest will be an apple- eating race, the prize going to the girl who first whistles after eating an apple that has been suspended before her on a thread. The prize will be $5. Jackie Glisson, 18 months old, won the babies’ popularity contest at yester- day's matinee. Jackie lives at 1749 Eighteenth street. e . Show in the Washington Audi- | anthropoids. The youni were in a new world. Late they reached to the Swartzell Second bed. was such a bewlldering experience to the children th.t they said little. Night in the hollow is & time of utter darkness. They seemed unable to comprehend the endless rows of lighted houses. But at last little Louise Corbin un- derstood. For the past year Rev. Perry L. Mitchell, pastor of the Clarendon, Va., Baptist Church, has been conduct- | ing services in the “hollow.” He has spoken of the “kingdom of heaven,” where it is always day. A little frightened, Louise turned to Miss Sizer and i “Ain't this the kingdom of heaven?” At the Methodist home they were washed and put to bed, but they didn't sleep much. In the hollow there is al- most absolute silence after dusk has fallen. Out here at the edge of the city was mnoise—a bewildering array to the little ones from the cabins. There was one thun- dering noise—a railroad train passing a few blocks away. It frightened the children and they were not quite able to grasp the explanation. Today all are demanding to be shown a locomotive. Up bright and early they took baths and had their hair cut. Halr cuts made a great alteration in their appearance, especially in the looks of little Bessie, youngest and prettiest of the group, whc bears little trace of her primitive en- vironment. Bessie’s few years have brick_houses and bathtubs. amazement. much of a response. The youngsters are familiar with snakes—the dreaded rattlers of the Blue Ridge—and when they were told that the king cobra was a hundred times as poisonous as the worst rattlesnake it was a trifle too much for them to believe. ‘The baby rhinoceros was in fine fet- tle this morning and put on a dance for the visitors. They remained glued to the iron bars before his cage longer than anywhere else in_ the zoo. All the way out Miss Sizer has been recit- ing to them a rhyme about the el phant—and the elephant was the one animal they wanted most to see. But been passed since the hollow began to get_into contact with the outside world. Then the children were given dolls. Big Bennie Dodson is past the doll age. At his age most boys nowadays are be- ginning to play with automobiles in- stead. But Bennie took a picture book. It was planned to give D books to Bennie and Harry but demanded dolls and .that they be just :‘u pretty ‘l,lw Gholednv‘el;xh:o their sisters. day boys an al to painted china playthings, cum T d protecting them from the Something utterly incomprehensible to the children happened at the Meth- odist Home, Miss Sizer turned a handle in the wall and water began to flow out of a pipe. The children knew of water only from mountain brooklets. And here it was flowing out of a wall! ‘The astonishment of the children of Israel when water flowed from the rock at the stroke of the leader’s wand prob- ably was rather d in comparison. Gingerly one of the children put her hand in the flowing stream, to make sure that it was water. She quickly drew it away with a cry of astonish- ment. It was wet like water—but it was hot. The children still are trying to puzzle out Miss Sizer's explanation of such a miracle and are demanding to see the tank on the stove down- cellar where the water comes from. Busy Day’s Beginning. After they were cleaned and their wardrobes patched out with necessary coats and stockings, the busiest day in the lives of these children started. First on me‘firognm was a visit to the Zoo. Dr. William M. Mann was ready for_them. During the last thrée years Miss Sizer has brought many animal picture books into the hollow. Before that the chil- dren had known of no animals except the squirrels, rabbits, rattlesnakes and occasional catamounts of the moun- tains. For a long time there has been a traditional and unexplainable fear of “lions and tigers” in the hollows, pos- sibly handed down from remqte ances- tors. The trouble with the Zoo was that there was too much to see. All the children wanted to talk to the lion. They would say “Good morning” and he would growl. They are puzzled at this funny lion language. 'rneuy, ‘emm::f hippopotamus was go! X ltm probably the most difficult bunch Dr. Mann has shown through the Zoo. They were too overwhelmed to do much talking—just_ wanted to stand before & single cage all the morning and watch. ey livened up a little when they were brought to the gorillas and chimpanzees. The baby gorilla and the baby chim- panzee, as if aware that this was an unusual occasion, put on a special act for their little visitors who contacts with the world have been, if that is possible, even less than that of the ToeEies 5T these with laughter at the antics of e ‘queer “bybys,” as' they say in thel antique dialect. Snakes Not Strangers. The smaller monkeys amused them, but there were too many of them for children who never had seen a monkey . The maternal feelings of the little girls were aroused by the tiny silky-haired marmosets and they want- ed to go in the cage and pet them. The snakes, big and little, didn't get t both | tions. it turned out to be such a queer beast that they couldn't quite comprehend it. Then their holiday was over, and work s I—the work by which they will keep warm in the windy, smoky cabins this Winter. They were taken to Dr. Sexton's office in the Medical Science Building for physical examinay . Lunch followed, after which they returned to the Methodist home. Late this afternoon they will go to the hospital where they will be put to bed, the with Little Dread of Surgeons. They appear to have little dread of || Capital Amazes Corbin Hollow Children -SEVEN DEVOUR SIGHTS ON FIRST TRIP OUT OF PRIMITIVE MOUNTAIN SECTION. PAGE B—1 TUTLITE BOARD TOHAL HOKES N POLCE COUR Effort to Be Made to Enforcs Meter Order Without Mu- nicipal Suits. LAW TEST TO BE MADE IN BUS LINE ACTION Validity of Taxi Regulation to Be Decided in Equity Injunction Petition. An effort will be made, under th terms of the recently adopted traffic act, to prosecute taxicab drivers who de- cline to put meters in their cabs in Police Court, rather than attempt tc sue them for penalties in Municipal Court, it was learned today. The or- der for metering cabs was issued recent- ly by the Public Utilities Commission to become effective January 10, 1932 If the commission’s planned prosecu- tions in Police Court are successful. it is expected that much stricter enforce- i{ment of the new rules can be had than by the process of suing for penal- gu‘, h:lhlch has never proved successful past. preliminary test of the powers of act will be made this week when be filed in Police The prosecution will be based on section 6 (e) of the traffic act, passed February 27 of this Section Is Cited. ‘This section reads, in part, as follows: “As to all common carriers by vehicle which enter, operate in or leave the 3 wer to route such vehicle: within the District of Co- lumbia, to regulate their equipment other than that 'specifically named else- where in this act * =+ * is vesf the Public Utilities Commission.” Section 6 (1) reads: “All prosecutions for violations of the traffic act, except- section 11 thereof, and this act and ‘The taxi regulation, it was pointed out, is a “regulation made and promul- g:ed under authority of this act,” since section of it relating to meters con- cerns “equipment” of ‘“common car ]rlzr!b'l:y vehicle in the District of Co- umbia.” Suit in Equity Court. Under this interpretation, therefore. it would be possible to take the recal- cil.ant taxi drivers to couri ard have them fined up to & maximum of $300. the penalty fixed for violations of the traffic regulations by the District Com. hen the traffic regulations issioners W Miss Mariam Sizer, welfare worker in Corbin Hollow, Va., with youngsters | iy wets TR pramnigeier from the settlement who had their first glimpse here today of trains, l{:efi cars, fltdn o o The validity of the order itself is In the lower picture they are viewing a lion at the Zoo with wide-eyed T Dlatr Photcs m:upfw-mlnmty the strain preparatory to the operations tomorrow o 3 the order. Court, been filed there to Te- from enforcing Assuming that the sion hurdles the legal obstacles sented by this suit and by its prospec thy tion of the bus company tly it will be able 8] to enf surgeons, but are looking forward|its meter order in Police Court ?3 some curiosity to the funny ice|thus put an end to the taxi rate ware collars which, Miss Sizer tells them, the|going on in Washington for more that doctors will put around their he They don't mind doctors much. One ks. | a year past. The bus company ecution will be came into the “hollow” once and gave |started by Assistant Corporation Coun them toys and candy for the privilege | sel William s, | of looking at their teeth and down |oc i their throats, lown | Corporation Counsel Wil 12l aide te W. Brid in public utility matters. ‘Whether or not they will be able to see any more sights depends on how they respond to Sizer ::mu to get them back home :: i e nasplia al w and pes: | TO U, S. PENITENTIARY the operations. ib] ‘They all da; Sun: Miss SCHENCK IS RETURNEE: will be well enough to attend Sunday school at the Clarendon Baptist Church, which has been very active in | Ex-Policeman Ordered Back to mo leave for on Saturda party may missionary work, and then home. If they are well ugh 2 moving picture theater arranged for them. LEGION POST BACKS VOTE FOR CAPITAL Cooley - McCullough Com- mander Authorized to Seek Support of Others. National representation for the Dis- trict was indorsed last night by Cooley- McCullough Post, No. 22, of the Ameri- can Legion a meeting in the Livera Italian Kitchen, 1314 L street. ‘The post authorized its commander, John B. Keller, to seek the support of other posts in the movement for na- tional representation, as well as the District department of the Legion and | the national organization. It also di- rected him to notify the Senate and House of the pcst's action as soon as | Congress convenes next month. A resolution adopted as the post's attitude with respect to the disfran- chised stitus of the residents of the District was iniroduced by Charles J. Dean. It recited that “the half million voteless and unrepresented Americans of the National Capital, by every rule of logic, fair piay and principle, are ‘m‘i entitled to voting representation their National Government as any of the citizens of the several States.” Denial of these rights, the resolution pointed out, “violate the fundamental b principles of the American representa- tive Government, which require the consent of the governed and forbid tax- ation without representation. Such denial of valuable basic American rights should be cured without delay.” MACHINISTS BACK FOS OF NEW LAW {Union Supports A. F. of L. in Rejection of Reclassifica- tion Proposals. Leavenworth, Closing Staples Case Probe. The Department of Justice has write ten “finis” to the Staples case by re< turning A. l;hnlgc:. formes ‘Washington policeman, held here as & witness, back to the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kans. States Marshal Edgar O yester. day and immediately complied with it Bc;enck being taken from the Districl Jail in the custody of a deputy on the first train out last night. Schenck, who is serving a term of several years at Leavenworth on charge of robbery, was brought back tc Washington several months ago wher he claimed he was one of those wht testimony in an alleged of Labor of proposed new reclassifica- tion legislation, at its recent conven- ion Vancouver, in Columbia Lodge, No. 174, In- ternational Association of Machinists, meeting in Naval Lodge Hall, street and Pennsylvania avenue south- g t of the Federation | somshen s was on account of the Schenck to gton and confining of Labor's actionl that the National| pym stri Federation of Federal Employes now is 8 the Disteiot Jail Will be Borng voting on withdrawal from that organization. The stand of the machinists was line with that of the Metal Tra partment of the American Feder: Labor, of which they are opposing the pro- use it would bring them under the Personnel Classification Board in the At the headquaarters of the Employe$ this morn: night by Dej tion of | part, the craftsmen posed legislation beca Comdr. Keller presented to two mem- | drt bers of the post, Robert A. Milburn and Herhert M. Lowey, on behalf of the mayor of Verdun, medals of valor in recognition of their activities in connec- tion with the defense of the Frenca ir | city during the St. Mihiel and Meus~- Argonne offensive. Each medal was ac- compahied by a citation. and Milburn served overseas with the 60th Artillery, C. A. C. tment of several additional also nced Both Lower | Xrel speaker was Arthur Department, of Labol connected wil 44, International Association chinsts, who attended the A. convention as Yard, Government Print other departments at Xreichbaum presided. Oyster Supper Scheduled. PAIRFAX, Va, November 19 cial) —Providence Daughters fit oyster and row evening in o'clock, of its affiliation } 2| WIFE FINDS CAB DRIVER, the Navy Office and C K the Commissioners to report on the grand jury’s charges. This committee's Teport, 'l;l:h found no dmj for charges of conspiracy and perjury, brought thé Staples case to a close. involved in bringing by the District Government. prah iy RECENTLY ROBBED, DEAD Hilleary C. Carey, 28- driver, was found < Owens Carey, by a 6-yeaz-old daughter, Betty. PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN The second of a series of “children’ a will_be in’ the